Clown Loach eggs what to do?

[Lopaka]

Aloha!

Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my 20g
tank
So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried raising
brine shrimp
before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for advice!
<Lo

[Victor Martinez]

Lopaka wrote:
> Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my 20g
> tank
> So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried raising
> brine shrimp
> before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for advice!

First of all, clown loaches don't reach sexual maturity until they're
significantly larger than 3". Something else is laying eggs. Second of
all, 74F is a bit too cold for loaches, they would prefer the temp
closer to 80F.
Sorry.

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[Lopaka]

"Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
...
> Lopaka wrote:
> > Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my 20g
> > tank
> > So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried
raising
> > brine shrimp
> > before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for
advice!
>
> First of all, clown loaches don't reach sexual maturity until they're
> significantly larger than 3". Something else is laying eggs. Second of
> all, 74F is a bit too cold for loaches, they would prefer the temp
> closer to 80F.
> Sorry.
>

Ok, maybe they are 4 inches. Largest fish in the tank. Only tetras
and small albino catfish live with them. The eggs look large too.
Bigger than a pinhead. Well, I will post back if/when something happens.

<Lo

[Victor Martinez]

Lopaka wrote:
> Ok, maybe they are 4 inches. Largest fish in the tank. Only tetras

Still too small. Clown loaches get to be 12" long. Needless to say, a
20g tank is way too small for them.

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[RedForeman ©®]

> Aloha!
>
> Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my
> 20g tank
> So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried
> raising brine shrimp
> before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for
> advice! <Lo

I'd be way more than impressed if CLs were laying eggs, in a 20g, period.

They just don't do that in captivity... I've only read 1 story of eggs in a
tank with CLs, and they were proven to be catfish....

My bet it's tetra eggs, which are more likely....

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"Lopaka" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Lopaka wrote:
> > > Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my
20g
> > > tank
> > > So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried
> raising
> > > brine shrimp
> > > before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for
> advice!
> >
> > First of all, clown loaches don't reach sexual maturity until they're
> > significantly larger than 3". Something else is laying eggs. Second of
> > all, 74F is a bit too cold for loa , hey would prefer the temp
> > closer to 80F.
> > Sorry.
> >
>
> Ok, maybe they are 4 inches. Largest fish in the tank. Only tetras
> and small albino catfish live with them. The eggs look large too.
> Bigger than a pinhead. Well, I will post back if/when something happens.
>
> <Lo
>
>

Could be the catfish laying the eggs.

Harry




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[coelacanth]

Lopaka wrote:
> "Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Lopaka wrote:
>>> Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the
>>> corners of my 20g tank
>>> So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I
>>> tried raising brine shrimp
>>> before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F
>>> Thanks for advice!
>>
>> First of all, clown loaches don't reach sexual maturity until
>> they're significantly larger than 3". Something else is
>> laying eggs. Second of all, 74F is a bit too cold for
>> loaches, they would prefer the temp closer to 80F.
>> Sorry.
>>
>
> Ok, maybe they are 4 inches. Largest fish in the tank. Only
> tetras
> and small albino catfish live with them. The eggs look large
> too. Bigger than a pinhead. Well, I will post back if/when
> something happens.
>
> <Lo
These are almost certainly catfish (corydoras) eggs. They
are surprisingly large for such little fish and they tend to
stick them on the lower levels of the glass. I concur with
Victor, clown loaches don't even start dating until they
are much larger (say 7"+).

-coelacanth

[Lopaka]

"coelacanth" > wrote in message
om...
> Lopaka wrote:
> > "Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Lopaka wrote:
> >>> Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the
> >>> corners of my 20g tank
> >>> So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I
> >>> tried raising brine shrimp
> >>> before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F
> >>> Thanks for advice!
> >>
> >> First of all, clown loaches don't reach sexual maturity until
> >> they're significantly larger than 3". Something else is
> >> laying eggs. Second of all, 74F is a bit too cold for
> >> loaches, they would prefer the temp closer to 80F.
> >> Sorry.
> >>
> >
> > Ok, maybe they are 4 inches. Largest fish in the tank. Only
> > tetras
> > and small albino catfish live with them. The eggs look large
> > too. Bigger than a pinhead. Well, I will post back if/when
> > something happens.
> >
> > <Lo
> These are almost certainly catfish (corydoras) eggs. They
> are surprisingly large for such little fish and they tend to
> stick them on the lower levels of the glass. I concur with
> Victor, clown loaches don't even start dating until they
> are much larger (say 7"+).

Hey thanks, folks! You are all right, they look indeed like
catfish eggs from a Google image search. Thanks for the education
and happy fishing!

[jefferson]

Too bad their not cl eggs...getting them to breed in capativity with
some predictability would be great



On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:07:54 -0500, "RedForeman ©®"
> wrote:

>> Aloha!
>>
>> Hey my Clown loaches 3" have been laying eggs at the corners of my
>> 20g tank
>> So is there anything I should do to help them hatch etc? I tried
>> raising brine shrimp
>> before and failed so am seeking alternatives. temp 74 F Thanks for
>> advice! <Lo
>
>I'd be way more than impressed if CLs were laying eggs, in a 20g, period.
>
>They just don't do that in captivity... I've only read 1 story of eggs in a
>tank with CLs, and they were proven to be catfish....
>
>My bet it's tetra eggs, which are more likely....